Alys C. Lawson has been a member of Conway City Council since 1999 and served as Mayor Pro Tem in 2002 and from January 14 to September 13, 2008.  On September 14, 2008, she assumed the position of Mayor following the death of former Mayor Gregory K. Martin. On December 9^th of that year, Mrs. Lawson was elected to serve Mayor Martin’s unexpired term in a special election and was sworn in as Mayor on December 22, 2008, during a special City Council meeting. She was reelected in November 2011 for a four-year term as Mayor. In July, 2009, she was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Municipal Association of South Carolina, and in December, 2009, she was elected as Chairman of the Horry County League of Cities. Mrs. Lawson has served on the Collins Park Committee and the City Election Commission where she was chairman.  She has been married to Ed Lawson for 28 years and is the mother of two: Kate, 25, and Paul, 23.  Kate is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and is a third-year law student at the University of Georgia.  Paul is a graduate of USC Columbia and plans to attend Law School in the fall.  Mrs. Lawson has served as moderator of Presbyterian Women and as a Deacon and Elder at Kingston Presbyterian Church. She is the Day Manager at Conway’s Rivertown Bistro.

Jean Medlen Timbes was first elected to Conway City Council in 2002 and is now serving her third term.  Ms. Timbes held the position of Mayor Pro Tem in 2004 and 2010.  Prior to running for Council, Ms. Timbes served on the Conway Planning and Zoning Commission.  She is a retired math teacher for Horry County Schools, having served Conway High School, the State Department of Education as a Teacher Specialist for Mathematics, and Coastal Carolina University as an adjunct faculty member. Ms. Timbes has served on many city committees, including Parks and Recreation, Tourism, Capital Improvements, Smith-Jones, Riverfront Steering Committee, Lakeside Cemetery Committee, and the Snowhill Neighborhood Association.  She is appointed to the Board of Directors of Conway Main Street, USA, also serving on the Main Street Organizational Committee.  Ms. Timbes also serves on the Board of Directors for the Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments.  She is a past member of the Conway Chamber of Commerce Board of Government and Economic Affairs, an active member of the Horry County Historical Society, and is the Managing Member of Main & Fifth Properties, LLC. Ms. Timbes is an active member of First United Methodist Church where she sings in the choir and is a church pianist.  She is the Chairman of the Sanctuary Renovation Committee and a member of the Capital Building Committee.  She is a past president of the United Methodist Women.  Ms. Timbes belongs to the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a society for women educators, serving in several leadership positions.   Her family includes two sons:  Mark Timbes, his wife Clay, and their two daughters, Kate and Anna; and Michael Timbes and his wife Ashley, and their son, Walker.

Larry A. White was elected to City Council in a special election on March 10, 2009.  He is a graduate of Conway High School and Elizabeth City State University.  Formerly a teacher at Socastee Middle School, he is currently employed by Region 6 of the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). He is a lifelong member of Bethel AME Church where he serves in a number of areas.  He is a board member for the Horry County Diabetes Coalition, Horry County Tobacco Coalition (now renamed B.R.E.A.T.H.E.), A Father’s Place, and a member of Morning Star Lodge #72.  Larry is a former Board Member of Horry County First Steps and former Chairman of the Smith-Jones Community Center.  He has four children and nine grandchildren.